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#1 2014-08-08 11:00:55

jcdill
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Registered: 2010-09-23
Posts: 8

Under Weigh

Under Weigh for Under Way:

http://squidrowcomics.com/?p=5588

I see conflicting discussion on the interwebs about if this is a real eggcorn or not. Would love to hear your thoughts.

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#2 2014-08-08 13:06:36

kem
Eggcornista
From: Victoria, BC
Registered: 2007-08-28
Posts: 2851

Re: Under Weigh

We’ve had a number of discussions on weigh/way confusions. See

http://eggcorns.lascribe.net/english/478/weigh/

http://eggcorns.lascribe.net/forum/view … hp?id=3616

and the Language Log eggcorn article by Zwicky at

http://itre.cis.upenn.edu/myl/languagel … 01390.html


Hatching new language, one eggcorn at a time.

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